but the closer really was steve witkoff. steve witkoff, the business guy. he describes himself as just a real estate guy from new york, but he did know how to put pressure. and on a key saturday, he went to netanyahu's. you know, he went to netanyahu's home and it was a saturday. it was the sabbath. negotiations don't usually happen then. and he really said, according to nbc news reporting, you know, do you want it or not? i'm going to say the same thing to hamas. and then this week he went into gaza, the first american official to do so since the war began. of course, a year ago, october 7th. and that was the finish line. by then they had the deal, these three phases, but a lot of frustration among the american hostages, that there was no american in the first group's release. so finally today, one american, keith siegel, the oldest. and then we're expecting at least hamas has said that sajid khan, whose father jonathan has been another fierce advocate for the hostage releases he leaves both in israel and in florida. and i've talked to him so many times, i

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steven witkoff, everybody. great job in the middle east. really great. but we will see how it all turns out. it is complex but i think he will do very well. >> next we have your special envoy to latin america. >> ok. good man. >> thank you, sir. next we have retired general keith kellogg to be your special envoy on russia-ukraine issues. >> we have made a lot of progress on russia, ukraine. we will see what happens. but a lot of progress has been made. we are going to stop that ridiculous more. >> thank you, sir. next, we have designation of richard grinell to be your envoy for special missions. pres. trump: i sent him to california to turn on the water. it was not easy because we had to go through a lot of environmentalists that are causing a lot of problems. we have billions of gallons of water. it was on three days ago, you probably saw it. should have gotten a lot of press but it didn't get much. while we are doing is giving los angeles and the entire state of california virtually unlimited water, which they could've done five years ago, which i told

you had the israelis in washington having conversations between prime minister netanyahu and steve witkoffthe us special representative. so i think both sides are quite keen to portray themselves as not breaching the terms, but i don't think that the conversations were starting in a meaningful sense as we were expecting. i think the truth is, these are going to be very, very difficult talks. they were going to be framed and dictated to some extent by conversations that prime minister netanyahu had in washington, most notably that one with mr witkoff and, of course, president trump. and i think we weren't going to get any serious moves and prime minister netanyahu was back and could set the joe in with the uk by minister has released a statement. the prime minister went on to say he was dismayed to see his fair and; andfthe and the circumstances relief, having met his of relief, having met his relatives i appreciate the deep pain they endure. that a message from the doorkeeper minister. reconstruction, and implementing the un resolution he also pledged to regain the trust of both the lebane

special envoy to the middle east, steve witkoff is with us, good to see you. to big messages that i see tonight. number 1, iran can never and will never have a nuclear weapon. number 2, gaza, which has been destroyed, can no longer be a launching pad for hamas or other radical islamist terrorists. and knowing donald trump as i do, tell me if i'm wrong, is he not telling the middle east that it is time for you to step up and absorb the population of the palestinian people and rebuild this and demilitarize this area? >> first of all, think you for having me tonight shawn. i think he is telling the middle east that the last 50 years of doing things was not the correct way of doing things. and that he is going to change it up because all of those iterations have not worked. he is also telling the middle east that he wants to be transparent with the palestinian people. gaza today is uninhabitable and will probably be uninhabitable for at least the next 10 to 15 years. that is how much work has to be done. >> sean: are other countries in the region -- because you ha

. >> i know you and steve witkoff met with netanyahu yesterday tell us about this idea and how this came about. >> well, the president has been thinking about this for quite sometime. and has received a number of briefings, including his special envoy witkoff's multiple trips to the region. look. here is a common sense reality that the president is absolutely rooted in, hamas started this war roughly 16 months ago, it -- the palestinian people are the victims of hamas's terrorist dictatorship gone on in gaza for quite sometime, you're talking to me a veteran has little been shot at by terrorists hiding behind women and children, used as human shields ill defended its having we rightly supported that reality is gaza is a wasteland miles and miles and miles of rubble, you have nearly two million people living without with sewage, barely with drinking water, with hundreds and hundreds of trucks trying to bring basic necessities of life, so the entire region heart breaks for these people, who have suffered under hamas far too long we are not hearing or seeing any realistic plans for what to

special envoy steve witkoff, who is here somewhere. steve? stand up, steve, please.hat a good job you have done. i'm proud of you. [applause] you have done a fantastic job. national security adviser mike waltz. thank you, mike, for working so well with us. [applause] thank you. we have in addition, marco rubio who is on the phone right now listening to every single word that we say. and he's going to be great. and, pete, congratulations and scott, congratulations. i see you are here. and karoline has been doing a great job. she has really talked about probably more than anybody here. she has done a fantastic job and thank you very much, karoline. we are proud of you. but we will only be satisfied when all of these problems are solved and we have the team to solve them and that's going to happen. and it's going to happen, i think, very quickly. i also strongly believe that the gaza strip, which has been a symbol of death and destruction for so many decades and so bad for the people anywhere near it and especially those who lived there and frankly who has been really v

and later, trump special envoy to the middle east steve witkoff will be with those hours after the presidentivered the stern warning to ira presn, take a look. >> president trump: they cannot have a nuclear weapon.ir around cannot have a nuclear canweapon. we don't want to be tough onca anybody but they cannot have ann nuclear weapon.si >> what if it's iran and their proxies who threatened to retaliate against you and youra team by killing you guys? >> president trump: they have not done that, that would be a terrible thing for them to do, if they did that they would be obliterated. i have left instructions, if they do what they get obliterated. they will not be anything left. and job i should have said thad. >> sean: the president also introduced a proposal for the future of gaza, he said the palestinian population needs to be absorbed by other countries, gaza needs to be demilitarized and he is offering to the do the joariz b and rebuild it into a beautiful safe haven. >> president trump: the only reason the palestinians want to go bacreask to gaza as they havo alternative. it's right now

reporter: the president sees the gaza strip as total demolition site and steve witkoff said countless unexploded munitions are there and damaged buildings that make it unlivable adding it might be 10-15 years to rebuild. if a ceasefire can hold, president trump believes that life needs to change for palestinians. >> it's unsafe, it's unsanitary. it's not a place where people want to live. nobody is going to -- they have no alternative but if we go back and give them alternative of liliving in a beautiful open ple with nice quarters and housing of sorts and the money and middle east can build that. reporter: steve witkoff said they're in phase two of ceasefire deal and negotiating about release of hostages. back to you. larry: edward lawrence, appreciate very, very much. next up, update on trump's tariff diplomacy and fox news peter doocy live in the briefing room. peter, what's cooking? reporter: larry, all the officials continue telling us all the tariffs are about keeping fentanyl out of the country. but we are also marrying from one trade adviser that the trade is part of a laryngo

and you know the on going conversations that special envoy steve witkoff had with saudis. reporter: administration officials say that presidencies gaza strip as a ddemolition site, witkoff said countless unexploded munitions are still there and damaged buildings that make it unliveable, it might be 10 to 15 years to rebuild, if a cease-fire can hold president trump believes that life needs to be changed for palestinians. >> it unsafe and unsanitary, not a place -- they have no alternative but to go back, if we gave them one, living in a beautiful open place, with some you know nice quarters, nice housing, of sorts, and we have the money and middle east to build it. reporter: special envoy witkoff said they are in phase 2 of that ceasefire deal they are negotiating about next release of hostages. larry. larry: all right, edward lawrence, i appreciate it very much. let's see next up, update on trump's tariff diplomacy, fox news peter doocy is live in the briefs room, what's cooking. reporter: tell me. and all officials that we're talking to here at house tell us that tariffs

the special envoy to the president, steve witkoff, recently traveled to gaza and came back with images of the dire situation here. in the president made this decision with the humanitarian heart for all people in the region. reporter: thank you, are any officials here preparing to fight democratic lawmakers in the streets? sec. leavitt: absolutely not. and thanks for the question. reporter: democrats are so steamed about doge. congresswoman mciver says we are at war. gil hon omar says we might see somebody get killed. and chris van hollen says we will have to fight this in the congress and in the streets. so what now? sec. leavitt: and may i just point out, if you heard that type of violent rhetoric from our side of the aisle, from republican leaders on capitol hill, i think there would be a lot more outrage in this room today. it's unacceptable the comments that have been made by these democrat leaders and, frankly, they don't know what they are talking about. because president trump was elected with a mandate from the american people to make this government more efficient. he campaig

the reports that i read that steve witkoff came and muscle me to this deal completely false.ndly but eye to eye conversation and what happened was that i had accepted this second deal, months ago -- hamas refused the deal set all conditions we'll only release 12 hostages no i said at least double that we're getting more than double. 25 live hostages. they said you have to leave the philadelphia corridor that's the place that prevents adjoins egyptian border that's the way where they have these smuggling tunnels i said no that's not going to happen they said phase one you get out, i said that's not going to happen and that's why we didn't have a deal because they insisted hamas -- on terms that no saying israeli government could accept, but when trump came in, the pressure that he put was on hamas to accept it. i didn't have to move a nanometer but hamas that caved in but the press described it incorrectly no steve was fine we work very well together and i'm sure we'll continue to work very well together. mark: you remind me of something. you talk about the philadelphia corner

we did hear from the middle east envoy steve witkoff just a short time ago. he responded to a question about what president trump meant when he said, just a few days ago that gaza should be cleared out. take a listen. >> this 30,000 unexploded munitions, it is the buildings that could tip over at any moment. there's no utilities there whatsoever. no. no working water, electric, gas, nothing. god knows what kind of disease might be festering there. so when the president talks about cleaning it out, he talks about making it habitable. and this is a long range plan. >> so he's staying there next to the national security adviser, steve witkoff mike waltz. excuse me. and they made clear that they are trying to figure out where these people can go. they're going back mostly to rubble because so much of gaza has been destroyed right now. boris, the focus is continuing these negotiations to keep this cease fire on track and getting to that final phase when reconstruction could actually start. one final note, i think what was interesting in what steve witkoff said the

the steve witkoff, who's his negotiator for the region, he's meeting with the qataris today. you know, we're waiting to see if this has upended these discussions or if it has kind of set some brash new idea on the table that they're looking at as a negotiating standpoint. maybe they are coming to the table. we just don't know yet. >> we don't. okay. michelle price, thank you very much for being with us this morning. thank you. we appreciate your reporting. all right. let's turn now to this after a marathon meeting at the white house on thursday, republicans in the house and senate still at odds, it seems, on the best way forward for the president's legislative agenda. the senate majority leader, john thune, and the house speaker, mike johnson, both plotting their own paths for president trump's plans. the senate wants to do it with two bills, but the house wants what the president calls, quote, one big, beautiful bill. speaker johnson talked about what's next after the four hour meeting at the white house our message. >> to. >> our friends and colleagues in the senate is allo

but then special envoy witkoff is traveling and we've had meetings.st foreign leader he called was the saudi arabia, big abdullah. spoke to the president of egypt on saturday and we had prime minister netanyahu. this didn't -- mainstream media wants to pretend it sprung up overnight. really, this is framed -- it is not the case. this is framed in terms of the hostages that we have coming out. you remember the president's truth there will be all hell to pay. we now see israelis and the first american keith siegel being reunited with their family. cease-fire in place that the biden administration couldn't get without president trump's help. now the discussion last night is let's talk in practical, humane terms about what is going to happen to 2 million people who are living in piles of rubble, sewage and sanitation with bullets flying. let's talk real solutions here and eventually we get to saudi normalization. it's part of a much broader strategy. >> martha: you talked about phone calls with saudi and egyptian and other leadership. was this shared with

a more full now, although the americans are still insisting that things are on track, that steve witkoffregional mediator, pointing out that there are contradictions here between the big picture that president trump has laid out, and this stated commitment to the current ceasefire deal. to jordan and libya. he's in london. peter millett, thank you for talking to us. what your talking to us. what is your reaction to what president trump has said? i reaction to what president trump has said?— reaction to what president trump has said? reaction to what president ti a np has said? reaction to what president ti a np he word. ' reaction to what president ti a np he word. i cannot see rd is a good word. i cannot see this being in any one's interest other than far right in 7- the ground have palestinians on the ground have an affinity to the they an affinity to the land, they are not going to go unless they are not going to go unless they are forced. if they are h, £777ifiat§77 55”... h, 7777that7is7 7777 thatlsethn7|c forced, that is ethnic cleansing, that is a violation, serious violation of in

um, and and steve witkoff, envoy to the middle east and it's these, these people who are in the roomh him. i mean, the one thing that, you know, i think we've all learned so it's whoever's in the room with him influencing how he's thinking about something, you know, influencing how you know, just talking about with, with foreign leaders, but also with those advisers who are around him day in, day out and helping shape this policy, both domestic and foreign. according to wall street, people looking out for the economy, i see this from what i can tell in polling, as well as being something that is not at all going to detract from donald trump's popularity among those who who have voted for him, you know, if you look at some of the polling that we've seen initially at elon musk�*s influence in the us treasury department that that's maybe something that could prove to be a bit more unpopular among american voters. but the, you know, the the billionaire class that he's built around him is also what donald trump promised to do, right, is to improve the way that the us government operates m

in fact, i'm betting what happened in that meeting is the president and steven witkoff agreed to israeliphase two. the key modification is undermining hamas and expelling the senior leadership. i don't know what senior leadership internally remains. i think they simply toughened the conditions in phase two. the bromance between trump and netanyahu was in my judgment not some ridiculous gaza plan. that was the takeaway. i think that sadly and reluctantly is going to give up on the only vehicle that could begin to end the war. >> always a pleasure. thank you for coming on tonight. governments around the world have today condemned donald trump's decision to impose u.s. sanctions on staff at the international criminal court. statement signed by nearly 80 countries including some of washington's closest allies said the measures increase the risk of impunity for the most serious crimes. the united nations has called on mr. trump to reverse the order. in his statement, he criticized the icy seat for issuing the arrest -- icc for issuing the arrest warrant for benjamin netanyahu along with his f

caller: i just wanted to let you guys know that steven witkoff, who is the middle east envoy, i just looked up his resume online and she is a billionaire real estate developer. that is what he is. host: which means what? caller: which means he's not qualified to be a middle east envoy. that is what it means.

i'm not at all confident. which is supposed to bring about an end to the war and with steve witkoff,nt president trump's to achieving a ceasefire. and when i looked at my calendar and saw that three weeks was january 20th, it was very clear administration, the incoming administration, that president trump, didn't want to create any problems between the president and himself. and in fact, he's been rewarded for that as new administration. now, the big question is whether trump will will adhere to that pressure and move forward with this second deal. israel certainly will not accept hamas continuing made by anyone who's going to control gaza. first and foremost, the question for the that's been done to gaza. the 100,000 wounded, 80% 2 million people homeless. and whether or not they in fact want hamas to continue to govern that territory. and of course, with these hostage releases, and crucially, how they would take take part in any future negotiations. well, it's very clear that hamas has not been destroyed that they're putting on a show of strength. they were supervising the movement

netanyahu is in washington where he is expected to meet with president trump's middle east envoy, steve witkoff. negotiations on the second phase of the gaza cease-fire, which are set to begin today. netanyahu will meet with president trump tomorrow. for more, let's turn to matt bodner. we are still in the first phase of the cease-fire. how's that going? >> reporter: frances, good morning. the cease-fire is holding for the moment, though it continues to be on shaky ground. over the weekend, hamas released three more israeli hostages. that was on saturday. this was followed hours later by the release of 183 palestinian prisoners from israeli custody. at the same time, allegations of cease-fire violations continue. on sunday, the idf conducted a strike on what they claim was a suspicious vehicle in gaza, this wounded four palestinians. the vehicle was moving outside of authorized areas, making it a suspicious target. several incidents like this have taken place since january 19. we are currently in the first phase after two-phase process. 18 hostages have been released, 60 more will remain in cap

caller: i just wanted to let you guys know that steven witkoff, who is the middle east envoy, i just looked up his resume online and she is a billionaire real estate developer. that is what he is. host: which means what? caller: which means he's not qualified to be a middle east envoy. that is what it means. where is his diplomatic experience, you know? a world history experience, just for one. number two, anyone who decides out of the white house to go to the middle east again is missing their brain, you know? host: previous administrations -- caller: we've already had wars there under bush. -- under gw bush. host: previous administrations worked in the middle east, why not this one? caller: of course we have, but hopefully these people mr. aguilar: that we've seen from donald trump's white house. one thing is clear. with trump and republicans in control, america will be less safe and more expensive. because of an unelected billionaire with controversial ties to china has access to personal information for every american. including potentially tax and social security information. we

what we expect today is that the first of these high—level meetings will begin. envoy steve witkoff whoome. in the middle east to end. he said he would be discussing in washington victory but here he faces also the struggle for his when the six weeks of this initial ceasefire are over, fire chiefs say the uk is not prepared to deal they have limited resources to manage majorflooding, the national fire chiefs council says the government council says the government for fire and rescue services across the country. in the uk, as well as devastating wildfires in los angeles. on record, with fire and rescue services stretched to their limits. year. and circumstances, at times. in flood, you know, in the number of storms that are affecting our communities. in 2020, flooding incidents attended by fire and rescue by another i2% in 2022. like storm severity, the overall trend shows a steady rise in flooding incidents across the country. a government spokesperson said: . today, the nfcc will publish a new set of recommendations and resilience needed to protect communities, infrastructure and the e

steven witkoff not greatly experienced at this game.ean the presidents instincts take precedent within the oval office? >> i'm not going to comment on that. i will comment on the extraordinary difficulty in obtaining, whether through pressure or persuasion, the significant acceptance by either governments of egypt or jordan of any meaningful number of palestinians out of gaza, or for that matter, any other state in the middle east. that is a reality. it is a reality based on those countries defined self interests and not justification. >> hugely interesting, thank you for coming on the program. >> we will take a short break. around the world and across the u.k., you are watching bbc news. >> police in sweden say around 10 people have been killed in a shooting at a community college. the suspected attacker is among the dead. the swedish prime minister said it is the worst mass in sweden's history. the shooting happened in the city of -- around 120 five miles west of the capital, stockholm. students and staff were kept inside the building

. >> steve witkoff. >> and he does think that this would be a plausible idea. >> and let's. >> listen to a little bit more about what he had to say. >> about it last night. >> i envision a world, people living there, the world's people. i think you'll make that into an international, unbelievable place. i think the potential in the gaza strip is unbelievable, and i think the entire world, representatives from all over the world will be there and they'll and they'll live there. palestinians also palestinians will live there. many people will live there. >> the president saying. >> the potential is unbelievable. you'll notice that you know, him being a builder developer. >> that language. >> matches that banana. >> one of the. >> most potentially stunning. >> parts of this. >> is that the president. >> insists that other surrounding countries, for example, egypt and jordan, will would take some of these palestinian refugees. of course, those countries, it's not just highly unlikely that they wouldn't do it. it's all but impossible. and the president is. essentially asking. >> those coun

that includes steve witkoff, his middle east envoy, as well as national security advisor mike waltz. i'm told that he actually spoke about this. both of them spoke about this with netanyahu when they met with him on monday at blair house. so this wasn't exactly something that came out of nowhere. the president was planning on saying this. but again, a lot of people, including people within his own administration, were not fully anticipating this, while others who have been involved in these conversations were. now, we did hear as well. some support of messages in the aftermath of this from people, top people in his cabinet, people like secretary of state marco rubio. i want to read for you what he posted. it was also quite striking. he wrote, um, quote he said, um, excuse me. oh, here we go. gaza must be free from hamas. as potus shared today, the united states stands ready to lead and make gaza beautiful again. our pursuit is one of lasting peace in the region for all people. now, one thing as well, boris, that i'm picking up on in my conversations is how serious the president is ab

because what he was just saying, i don't like steve witkoff as of now, his middle east envoy has been by all observations that i've heard, been very thoughtful and diligent leader in this region. yeah. while that sounds you know, there was a joke during the first trump administration, you know, donald from queens, you're on the air like, you know, he would just say, like what? just, you know, just like some guy from queens was spouting off on am radio and like, how much was that new policy and how much of that was donald from queens? you're on the air. >> well, i mean, it does if you don't really when you're not focused on the history of this place or what it means to displace. >> people to real estate. >> things, then it is common sense. it does kind of make sense. why would you have people living in rubble with as what national security advisor walt said today, or and also witkoff said today? you know, i think 80,000 unexploded ordnance in this area with buildings falling down. it's literally a dangerous place. and both of them, the national security adviser tried to change this. an

. >> what did you hear at lunch today from steve witkoff, his adviser? >> yeah, it was good. you know, he gave us all the details of what they talked about. and something's got to be done. and whether it's us. but i don't think. i don't think there's going to be a lot of people, our troops, to go there. okay. >> did you tell steve witkoff that today? >> well, a lot of people did, but. oh, really? but president trump knows that he doesn't want to get involved in that militarily. it's a it's a no win situation. >> my source tonight was president obama's white house chief of staff and also represented the u.s. as ambassador to japan. ambassador rahm emanuel is here. when you are looking at this prospect of what trump put forth last night himself not ruling out using u.s. forces, is there any other way with hamas fighters still there for the u.s. to take over gaza without using military force, in your view? >> okay. >> no, the short. >> answer. but look. >> in 1983, we lost 238 marines in lebanon. you know, about the iraq war. >> we've lost. >> thousands of americans, and thousan

now steve witkoff, the president's middle east envoy spoke a little bit about this idea last night. i want you to take a listen to what he had to say. >> peace in the region means a better life for the palestinians. a better life is not necessarily tied to the physical space that you're in today. a better life is about better opportunity, better aspirations for you and your family. that doesn't occur because you get to pitch a tent in the gaza strip. >> reporter: now you're seeing this being framed as a way to give palestinians more security, more opportunity. that is certainly how it is not being interpreted across much of the arab middle east. and frances, we should say that while the esident announced this and the high-profile forum standing next to the israeli prime minister, it really isn't clear at this point if he's actually doing anything to turn this into u.s. policy or what that policy would look like on ground. >> here at home, bipartisan lawmakers calling it dee ranged. >>> mr. trump's cabinet is starting to come together. only one democrat voted for pam bondi. and two o

and, quote, multiple senators told punchbowl that witkoff appearance at a closed door gop lunch lefte questions than answers, giving the impression of an administration with little substance behind its ambitious plan to take control of the war torn gaza strip. ambassador, we've seen this play before where trump makes big claim and then just sort of leaves the details to be sorted out by his staff. >> where do. >> you see this going? >> this is dead on arrival. when king abdullah of jordan comes here, who has the most at stake, he's going to push back hard to president trump regarding this idea. let me just make sure you have the back story here. this has been the enormous project of the christian evangelical supporters around trump, who met with him before he gave this press conference. they want to turn the west bank into a palestinian free zone, along with gaza, in order to lay the groundwork for the evangelical hope for the rapture. and this is what trump is trying to do. he's playing to his christian evangelical audience. he's making bibi's problems disappear among his own public

the special envoy, steve witkoff, who's here somewhere, steve. stand up. steve, please.a job you've done. what a good job you've done. i'm proud of. >> you. >> he's done a fantastic job. national security adviser mike waltz. thank you, mike, for working so well with us. thank you. we have uh, in addition, marco rubio, who is on the phone right now listening to every single word that we say. and he's going to be great. and, pete, congratulations. and, scott, congratulations. i see you're here. and, uh, caroline's been doing a great job. she's really probably talked about more than anybody here. she's done a fantastic job. and thank you very much, caroline. we're proud of you. but we'll only be satisfied when all of these problems are solved. and we have the team to solve them. and that's going to happen, and it's going to happen. i think very quickly. i also strongly believe that the gaza strip, which has been a symbol of death and destruction for so many decades and so bad for the people anywhere near it, and especially those who live there and frankly, who's been really

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now steve witkoff, the president's middle east envoy was on fox news after this bombshell idea was floated at the news conference alongside benjamin netanyahu. this is what he had to say about how he envisaged this proposal working out. take a listen. >> peace in the region means a better life for the palestinians. a better life is not necessarily tied to the physical space that you're in today. a better life is about a better opportunity. better financial conditions. better aspirations for you and your family. that doesn't occur because you get to pitch a tent in the gaza strip. >> reporter: so this is being framed as a way to get palestinians safely out of the devastated gaza strip and on a longererm basis give them better opportunities. but frances, that is not how it is being interpreted through a lot of the middle east. egypt and jordan, both saying they see this as a non-starter. hamas saying they will not allow the palestinian people to be displaced. and frankly, frances, we don't know at this point whether there are real mechanisms in place to make this formal u.s. policy. >> a sho

trump's middle east envoy, steve witkoff, to discuss negotiations for the second phase of the ceasefire those talks come after the israeli military said it fired at a suspicious vehicle in northern gaza that wasn't traveling on the route agreed to in the ceasefire. new preliminary data shows conflicting readings about the altitudes of the passenger jet and army helicopter when they collided near reagan national airport this past week. the national transportation safety board said different readings came from data from the passenger jet's flight recorder and data from the control tower. investigators say it could still be months before they have final answers about what happened. today, family members and loved ones of the 67 people killed in wednesday night's crash visited the scene. a short time later first responders said the bodies of 12 of the victims remain in the water but they are committed to giving the families closure. >> they're just all hurt and they still want answers and we want to give them answers. it's horrible. no one should have to suffer through this. so, yeah, it is

caller: i just wanted to let you guys know that steven witkoff, who is the middle east envoy, i just looked up his resume online and she is a billionaire real estate developer. that is what he is. host: which means what? caller: which means he's not qualified to be a middle east envoy. that is what it means. where is his diplomatic experience, you know? a world history experience, just for one. number two, anyone who decides out of the white house to go to the middle east again is missing their brain, you know? host: previous administrations -- caller: we've already had wars there under bush. -- under gw bush. host: previous administrations worked in the middle east, why not this one? caller: of course we have, but hopefully these people were qualified. they were diplomats, condoleezza rice, not real estate billionaire developers from rhode island. come on. host: next, sacramento, high. caller: i'm a longtime listener. i would like to say that people are acting like the palestinian people are not human. and we are comparing it through the natural fires that happened. that is not what

but on what trump is talking about here and on the gaza proposal, witkoff steve witkoff said that he trump doesn't want to put troops on the ground, and he doesn't want to spend any u.s. dollars at all. when you were talking, made me think of it when you were talking about usaid being the people that would need to be helping in that effort. could is that you're laughing because that's just not even possible. if donald trump is serious and would want to do this. >> where would the tens of billions of dollars and the expertise come from? if every arab and muslim country in the region forcefully opposes the idea of relocating palestinians and would not support this, and they've publicly said so, where would all this money to rebuild gaza come from and who would do it? it is not a serious proposal. it's a distraction. so we're not paying attention to the fact that they've burrowed in these doge folks under elon musk's direction. they've borrowed into the private information of every american, something that we should all be alarmed about and should be blocked in federal courts. >> on, es

netanyahu is in washington where he is expected to meet with president trump's middle east envoy, steve witkoff. on the agenda, negotiations on the second phase of the gaza cease-fire, which are set to netanyahu will meet with president trump tomorrow. for more on this, let's turn to matt bodner. in the first phase of the re stl cease-fire, how is it going? >> reporter: the cease-fire is holding for the moment but appears to be on shaky grounds. over the weekend, hamas released three more israeli hostages. this was followed by the release of 183 palestinian prisoners from israeli custody. at the same time, allegations of cease-fire violations were claimed. the idf says a vehicle was moving outside of authorized areas, making it a suspicious target. several incidents like this have taken place since the cease-fire went into effect on january 19th. we are currently in the first phase of a two-phase process. during the first phase, hamas is set to release 33 hostages. 18 have been released so far. 60 more will remain in captivity for now. phase two is meant to see the release of those remaining ho

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he is already in washington meeting with president trump's envoy steven witkoff with the focus now turningcond phase with hamas. since the cease-fire agreement came into effect on the 19th of january, a total of 18 israeli hostages have been released. that leaves 79 unaccounted for but only 44 are believed to still be alive, according to the israeli side. there are emotional reunions on the other side, too. twin brothers reunited in gaza after 15 months of separation. they were split up earlier in the conflict. one brother traveling to the south, the other staying in the north. the family home, as you can see, now in ruins. before leaving, mr. netanyahu gave us some idea of what he would be discussing with president trump on tuesday. >> this meeting will deal with important, critical issues facing israel and our region. a victory over hamas, achieving the release of all of our hostages, and dealing with the iranian terror access and all of its components. an axis that threatens the peace of israel, the middle east, and the entire world. christian: let's break that down with a senior fellow

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think prime minister netanyahu for working closely with my transition team, the special envoy steve witkoff, who is here somewhere. steve? standup steve, please. what a good job you have done. what a good job you have done. proud of you. done a fantastic job. national security advisor mike waltz. thank you. we have, uh, in addition, marco rubio, who is on the phone right now listening to every single word that we say. he's gonna be great. pete, congratulations. scott, congratulations, i see you are here. caroline has been doing a great job. she has really probably talked about more than anybody here. she has done a fantastic job and thank you very much, caroline. we are proud of you. we will only be satisfied when all of these problems are solved and we have the team to solve them and that is going to happen. it's gonna happen i think very quickly. i also strongly believe the gaza strip, which has been a symbol of death and destruction for so many decades and so bad for the people anywhere near it, especially those who live there. and frankly, it has been very unlucky. it has been an unluck

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